Bob and Dev's Life is a Highway: April 2011

I've borrowed the title of a song my Papa wrote many years ago and it is very fitting for our last month of travels! We left Texas in late March, having spent the last 4 weeks there in definite springtime weather. Temps were getting very warm and the countryside was a patchwork of different hues of green and the yellow pollen was flying. We arrived in Arkansas to chillier temps and the trees were just barely budding but by the time we left there two weeks later the dogwoods were blooming, the Bradford pears were coming along and spring had arrived. We traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, and winter was on its way out the door. No buds on the trees, pretty dreary the first two days but warm enough on the third day to take in the zoo! Then we were on a mission to get to "our" new campground, Kayuta Lake Campground in Forestport, NY, a portal to the Adirondacks.

We were scheduled to start working on April 20, hoping to be all set up with the rig by then. But Mother Nature had other plans! Mike and Karin, the campground owners, suggested we stay south and west of where they are for a while longer! It has been so cold there they are unable to turn the water on to the campsites and the permafrost is still making it impossible to put the rig on site. April 16th found them having blizzard type snowfall but thank goodness not sticking. The winds were 40 MPH and they lost many trees, 30 total for this winter. So we followed their advice and visited with Aunt Charm and Uncle George for a few days and then headed to a KOA in Canadaigua, NY. We have been here at the KOA for a week and are a little stir crazy! It's been bitter cold, we've seen snow flying and there has been no end of rain. The KOA is beautiful but alot of it is under water right now! We had 4 hours of sunshine today and actually got to sit outside. And we noticed the trees have tiny little buds coming out and in the distance the countryside is taking on a green cast. Spring is almost here! So Bob and I have lived through the onset of spring for many months now!! Kind of weird to experience.....

We are heading to our new digs tomorrow morning. We're going to park on pavement and just set up enough to get by until we can permanently settle in. We've been invited to Easter dinner at Karin and Mike's and we're looking forward to getting to know them and start work!